Carrie Fisher, best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars, passed away at the age of 60 on December 27, 2016, after suffering a massive heart attack on December 23, 2016.
She left behind a legacy that friends and fans alike will never forget.She is survived by daughter Billie Lourd (whose father is Fisher’s ex-husband Bryan Lourd), who reflected on her late mother’s legacy in May 2023 when Fisher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.“I wanted to hate [Star Wars] so I could tell her how lame she was,” the Scream Queens alum admitted while accepting the honor on her mother’s behalf at the Los Angeles ceremony. “Like any kid, I didn’t want my mom to be hot or cool — she was my mom.
But that day, staring at the screen, I realized no one is, or will ever be, as hot or as cool as Princess Leia.”In addition to watching the films that made her mother a household name, attending fan conventions changed Billie’s perspective.“People of all ages from all over the world were dressed up like my mom, the lady who sang me to sleep at night and held me when I was scared.
Watching the amount of joy it brought to people when she hugged them or threw glitter at them — sorry about that — was incredible to witness,” Billie recalled. “People waited in line for hours just to meet her.
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